Social Participation and Maintaining Recommended Waist Circumference

Author:

Kouvonen Anne1,Swift Judy Anne2,Stafford Mai3,Cox Tom2,Vahtera Jussi45,Väänänen Ari5,Heponiemi Tarja6,De Vogli Roberto78,Griffiths Amanda2,Kivimäki Mika589

Affiliation:

1. Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw, Poland

2. University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

3. MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, London, UK

4. University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

5. Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland

6. National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

7. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

8. University College London, London, UK

9. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate whether older adults participating in social activities are more likely to maintain or achieve recommended waist circumference (WC) levels. Method: A total of 4,280 older adults who participated in Wave 2 (baseline) and Wave 4 (follow-up) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. WC was measured by a nurse in both study waves. Results: Participation in education, arts, music groups, evening classes, and in charitable associations was associated with maintaining recommended WC only in those men whose WC was in the recommended range at baseline. Participation in social activities was not associated with achieving recommended WC in women or men with initially large waist. Discussion: Participation in cultural and charitable activities may help in maintaining a recommended level of WC in older men with WC originally in the recommended range.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Geriatrics and Gerontology,Community and Home Care,Gerontology

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